Students love math games and puzzles, but how much are they really learning from the experience? Well Played shows you how to make games and puzzles an integral learning component that provides unique access to student thinking. The book offers 25 classroom-tested games and puzzles which contain:

• explanations of its mathematical importance and how it supports student learning
• variations that address a range of learning levels and styles
• clear step-by-step directions
• classroom vignettes that model how best to introduce the featured activity

The book also includes a separate chapter with suggestions for effectively managing games and puzzles in diverse classrooms; reproducibles that provide directions, game boards, game cards, and puzzles; assessment ideas; and recommendations for online games, puzzles, and apps.
 

Check out the other two books in the series, Well Played K-2 and Well Played 6-8!